Senior Controls Engineer (Industrial Automation)

Location: Onsite at the Rochester or Rush, NY locations

Salary: $94,000–$141,000 per year, plus potential annual incentive and/or long-term incentives.

Company

hirify.global Optimation provides industrial manufacturing clients with process control upgrades, custom machine design, fabrication, and automation solutions across industries including energy, chemical, food, and pharmaceutical manufacturing.

What you will do

• Collaborate with customers, project managers, project coordinators, and internal teams to define and document project requirements.
• Estimate process control projects and manage scope, schedules, and budgets.
• Design electrical, instrumentation, and industrial process control systems.
• Specify and integrate pressure, flow, temperature, and level instrumentation.
• Develop bills of materials, obtain vendor quotations, and oversee component procurement.
• Conduct site acceptance tests and support equipment installation and commissioning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in electrical engineering and instrumentation within industrial automation or manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of industrial control systems, instrumentation, hazardous-area design, and intrinsically safe equipment and wiring practices.
• Experience in process environments such as chemical, glass batch, food, or pharmaceutical industries.
• Project estimation experience, strong problem-solving and risk-assessment skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on innovative industrial automation projects supporting US manufacturing.
• Collaborative and forward-thinking work environment focused on ingenuity, technical excellence, and client relationships.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, and other benefits.
• Employee ownership with shared financial rewards.